BASIN AND RANGE ; (Annals of the Former World, 1)
Language: English
Published by Farrar,straus,giroux Pub, NY, 1982
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VERY GOOD Condition , clean, solid, bright ; cover shows grey & red titles with large sepia photo of western valley, distant mts. ; 229pg pages; journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world-a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people.
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- Title
- BASIN AND RANGE ; (Annals of the Former World, 1)
- Author
- McPHEE, JOHN
- Publisher
- Farrar,straus,giroux Pub, NY
- Publication year
- 1982
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0374516901
- ISBN 13
- 9780374516901
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Geological Time Charts
- Edition
- PAPERBACK; 19 21 23 22 20 18 pt line.
- Dimensions
- 5x8"
- Series
- Book 1 of 4: Annals of the Former World
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world―a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
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